The Judge Who Took the Sentence Himself | Cozy Afternoon Walk: Romans (S1), Ep.10

Cozy Afternoon Walk: A Daily Devotional · Aug 11, 2026 · 4m

Welcome to Cozy Afternoon Walk — a short pause in your day to sit with Scripture, one verse at a time.

Today's passage: Romans 3:25

"God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood — to be received by faith." (NIV)

Picture a courtroom where the judge steps down from the bench, walks over to the defendant's chair, and takes the punishment himself. No court we know works that way — a judge who truly cares about justice has to punish wrong. But this verse describes exactly that: God as judge, and God as the one who carries the sentence. The price was still…